Transport Canada is taking steps to equip school buses with additional cameras in a bid to bolster student safety, the ministry says.
The move comes after Ottawa mandated perimeter visibility systems on all Canadian school buses. The system assists drivers in identifying the presence of children near the bus while it is stopped or travelling slowly, Transport Canada said in a Feb. 3 press release.
“The biggest safety risk for children riding a school bus isn’t inside the vehicle, it’s actually around the bus,” Transport Minister Anita Anand said in the press release. “With this new regulation, the Government of Canada is taking meaningful action to improve school bus technologies and to keep our children safe.”…